Bob and Jim have been performing together as Bob and Jim for many years. For more detailed biography, see below.

MORE DETAILED BIOGRAPHY FOR PRESS AND ENTHUSIASTS

Bob and Jim met at school many years ago. They first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1994 in a piece of feminist physical theatre. The following year they gigged and recorded with Britpop band Lemur. In 1997, they returned to Edinburgh to perform Jim's comedy play, Farley and Farley's Bed and Breakfast Vacancies which received positive notices in The Scotsman. Following some life events, Bob and Jim did their first gig as Bob and Jim in Clapham in 2001 and a few weeks later were finalists in the Hackney All Star Talent Quest. They continued gigging throughout London and the South East and in 2002 were not quite in the final of So You Think You're Funny. For many months they had a weekly residency at Ember in Farringdon. In 2003 they cut their first EP (featuring favourites such as 'The Hat Song' and 'The Road Song') then stopped for a while, coming out of retirement in 2007 to perform Bob and Jim: The Second Coming. Their grandfathers' trilby hats were now complemented by blazers and ties, and the famous Bob and Jim look was established. In the summer of 2008, Bob and Jim travelled from Land's End to John O'Groats as research for their radio pilot, From Land's End to John O'Groats: In the Footsteps of My Grandfather's Motorcycle. In early 2009 they created a website and began producing online videos before returning to the live circuit with gusto in 2010. Their popular residency, Bob and Jim's Sunday Best, ran monthly for the next two years and at one point in 2012, they were running three London residencies: Sunday Best, EastEnd Promise and Swanky Soiree.

Their first Edinburgh hour show as Bob and Jim was Modern Urges in 2011, followed by GO in 2012 and Two Stars in 2013, all at Underbelly.They began their ongoing European Tour in Hamburg in October 2012 and released the first series of their podcast, also entitled Bob and Jim's Sunday Best, in early 2014. In the same year, they played Sex Fire at Brighton Fringe and Sex Fire 2: Bob and Jim's Music Manual at Soho Theatre and Camden Fringe. Later in 2014, they produced their experimental show, The LYNN Project, and featured on BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama. In 2015, they produced their new show, The Lot, which was followed by its sequel, The Rest of The Lot in 2016. Since 2010, Bob and Jim's Special Christmas Party Show and knees up round the organ with Santa has been a seasonal staple for many.

Bob and Jim have appeared at many comedy clubs, festivals, corporate events and private parties over the years, from the Royal Festival Hall to the US Embassy. They were Musical Comedy Awards finalists in 2012 and 2014 and Old Comedian of the Year semi-finalists in 2015. They have developed a number of as yet uncommissioned TV and radio proposals and remain committed to their strategy of not winning everything all at once and becoming one of these hyped up overnight successes.

‘This offbeat duo’s updated take on vaudeville is a delight; I laughed like a loon!’ (Fringe Guru). ‘Laid-back and on-point’ (Three Weeks) these ‘old pros’ (Steve Bennett, Chortle) deliver ‘charming buffoonery that is impossible to resist’ (The List). With their ‘superb comic timing’ (Funny Women) this ‘hilarious duo’ (Broadway Baby) dole out ‘proper belly laughs and a real sense of fun’ (British Comedy Guide). ‘Watch out for these lads’ (Kate Copstick, The Scotsman).